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John Swan
John Swan’s art often pays tribute to the world’s most beautiful fishing landscapes, from the…
Rediscovering Francis Lee Jaques: Part I
I knew nothing of museum artist, illustrator, and painter Francis Lee Jaques (1887–1969). It was…
Francis Lee Jaques in Black & White: Part II
Few artists can create a landscape not only on the flat surface of the canvas,…
Honoré Daumier on Anglers and Huntsmen
For reasons I will never quite understand, my charming 26-year-old Florida niece set her heart…
Niagara Falls to the Andes, With Frederic Church
American songwriter Marc Cohn, of “Walking in Memphis” fame, is likely the only singer/songwriter ever…
John Wootton
Few circumstances are more frustrating than reading about an interesting, even historically important, painting and…
On the Road With the Unstoppable Albert Bierstadt
As a kid growing up in Manhattan, I went to nursery school down the street…
Lou Pasqua
The meticulously conserved furnished rooms and artwork in the Elisabeth Ireland Poe Gallery at Pebble…
Roger Tory Peterson – the Book, the Man, His Wives
It all began in 1976, after my high-school-sweetheart husband dumped me for a friend of…
Congressional Gold Medals for Arthur Shilstone’s WWII Unit
If only well-known watercolor artist and sportsman Arthur Shilstone (1922-2020) were still alive!
In Praise of the Sardine
When my darling niece and her sweetheart’s family begged us to take them on safari,…
Tracking Down Frank Stick on the Outer Banks
If, in 1977, I was the leader of our first quest together – sighting red-cockaded…Gray's Sporting Properties
